As she fell into bed, a sense of excitement came over her, even as she fell asleep. Tomorrow, she thought, tomorrow everything will change.

She had no idea just how right she was.

Amy blinked, dazed. The bright light shining over her seemed to indicate that she needed to do something, but for the life of her, she couldn't remember what. Rolling over, Amy buried her face in her pillow. Now, what had she been thinking about?

With a gasp, Amy sat bolt upright, memories from yesterday rolling through her mind. She twisted around and stared at the clock by her bed for a few seconds, before…

"Oh, no!"

Nine o'clock. She had an hour to get ready, get dressed, and get Nellie and Dan ready to go. She groaned, and then jumped out of bed. Darting into the main room, she banged on both her brothers and Nellie's doors and told them to 'get up!' before jumping into the shower.

It was a very good thing for them that Nellie and Dan were up and dressed, with breakfast ordered when Amy got out of said shower, or she probably would have killed them.

"So, any guesses as to what is going to happen when we meet up with Crystallin this afternoon? Or morning?" Amy frowned thoughtfully.

Dan shrugged. "From what you've told me about her, she will likely wind us up, then spring what branch we belong to with a bang. I will be happy, and you will be annoyed with her, and Nellie will just want to know what this means for the hunt." He grinned when Amy and Nellie's jaws both dropped. "I am amazing, aren't I?"

Amy shook her head in astonishment. "You are so weird, Dan, you know that?" she asked him. He shrugged.

There was a knock on the door, which Nellie answered. She came back in with a huge tray covered in food. All three of them fell on the food, eating quickly. After all, the ride that Crystallin had promised would be at the mansion in a little under twenty minutes. However, good food can only be eaten so quickly, so when the five minutes left mark came, they had only eaten half. Still, they got up and left, moving quickly through the halls after one of the ever present servants, having asked him to take them to the front door as quickly as possible.

They were wearing much the same as they had worn yesterday, with Dan in a dark suit, Nellie in her traditional but still much better clothes, and Amy in a gown. However, today Amy's dress was a silver white, just as striking against her red hair.

They managed to get to the door right on time, and sure enough, their ride was just pulling up to the Kabra's mansion.

"A limo?" Dan gasped, grinning wildly. "AWESOME!" Amy sighed, and Nellie rolled her eyes at him.

"Come on, just get in the car," Amy said, sliding into the limo herself. Dan followed eagerly, and Nellie brought up the rear. They all looked around the inside of the limousine, interested. After all, none of them had ever been inside a limo before.

There was a flat screen TV, a little fridge, quite possibly the most comfortable seats that Amy had ever felt, and pretty much everything else that comes to mind when you think of a limousine.

"Wow," Dan said, digging through the mini-fridge. "This is so cool. Is that a beer?"

"Oh, no." Nellie snapped, grabbing the beer and tossing it back in the fridge before slamming the door shut. "I don't think so. I am in charge here, and there is no frickin' way that I am going to let you get drunk, or even touch alcohol."

Dan scowled at her, and then flopped back against the seats, glowering. Amy rolled her eyes at her brother's back before turning back to the window, trying unsuccessfully to see out of it in order to figure out were they were going. She was also trying to shake the feeling that they were going much faster than they were supposed to be going.

It only took them half an hour to get to…wherever they were. The three of them climbed out of the limo, in front of a large, stone mansion, obviously very expensive.

"Wow," Dan muttered. "Hardcore." The security wasn't obvious, but it was, very clearly, there. Thankfully, before they had a chance to freak out over the security, Crystallin appeared in the doorway, beckoning them into the giant house. Amy, Dan and Nellie hurried over to her, looking around in amazement.

"What is this place?" Dan gasped, excited.

"My home," she told him, smiling slightly, mysteriously. "Come on, let's talk in the library." She led the Cahills through the halls of the mansion, reaching the library quickly.

The large, airy room had a welcoming air, and even Dan was fascinated by the subjects on the shelves. Eventually, however, Amy and Dan settled down to listen to Crystallin.

"So, what branch are we?" Dan asked, excited.

Crystallin smiled slightly. "Well, from what we could tell, you're a Lucian—"

"But I hate them!" Dan growled.

"No, you only hate some of the Lucians, you don't hate the branch itself. It isn't evil. The Lucian branch deals with intelligence—you know spies. They also have assassins, secret agents, that sort of thing. Give it a little effort, and you'd fit in pretty well there." Dan stared at her. "The branch itself isn't evil," Crystallin told him firmly. "Think about it. A huge majority of the world's leaders are Lucians. They do good things." Sort of, she added silently.

Dan opened his mouth to protest more, but then paused, and thought about it.

"You're right," he finally decided. Crystallin raised an eyebrow, smirking. "They aren't all bad." Dan paused. "When do we eat?" he asked, obviously eager to leave the awkward conversation behind.

Crystallin smiled at him. "I'm sure that if you head down to the kitchen, you can get some scraps before we eat in a…" she checked her watch quickly before looking back at him, "in a half hour."

Dan nodded, his face mock-serious, before he darted out of the room.

"Does he even know where the kitchen is?" Crystallin asked the air, amused. Nellie sighed, and got up.

"Look, stay here girl. She can bring you to the kitchen later, and I'm sure you want to check out these books. I'll go find your crazy brother." Nellie walked out the door, muttering to herself. Amy laughed quietly. It was just so like Dan to run off, and Nellie would take that seriously, after all the times that he had gotten himself in trouble. Amy stood up so that she could wander around the room, but stopped when a cool hand wrapped around her wrist and pulled her back into her seat.

"Wait," Crystallin told her, her tone serious.

Amy stared at her friend, noting her serious face, and slowly realized that she was getting nervous as well.

"What is it?" Amy asked her, her voice steady.

"Technically, you and your brother are Lucians." The stressing on the 'technically' was certainly not lost on Amy, whose eyes narrowed. "But in reality, only your brother is. You are something else entirely."

Amy stared at her friend in blatant astonishment.

"Then what the heck am I?" she demanded.

"You're like me. You, my dear, are a Madrigal."

OH!!!!!!!!!!!Cliffie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You know you love me. *Dodges several thrown objects.* OK, OK!!!! I'm working on it.

I know this was really short, but I couldn't resist. REVIEW!